PAS-driven archaeology?

BBC
Two screened the first episode of The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice,
hosted by Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver. - See more at:
http://www.historytoday.com/rachel-pope/celts-blood-iron-and-sacrifice#sthash.ndVp0bDS.dpuf

I’m left with the profound sense that archaeology is still only really being used to illustrate the history. [...] This isn’t archaeology for me. It’s history with trinkets.

I’m
left with the profound sense that archaeology is still only really
being used to illustrate the history. So, because I began my
archaeological career after 1989, I’m disappointed. This isn’t
archaeology for me. It’s history with trinkets. - See more at:
http://www.historytoday.com/rachel-pope/celts-blood-iron-and-sacrifice#sthash.ndVp0bDS.dpuf

2 comments:

This is not on topic but I wasn't sure how else to send you this link. I just wanted to pass on a post that makes for well, some kind of reading... I'll let you decide the various talking points that jump out of this posting. The irony of the last graphic at the end writes it's own blog headline. https://stoutstandards.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/knock-knock-whos-there/

Mr Stout has little to write about except his aches and pains and to fill space in his vacant life thinks it is acceptable to publish foul-mouthed and libellous comments about "Warsaw Wally". We may safely leave him and his vulgar, bellicose and ignorant sidekick to fester in their own bitterness and self-pity.

There is nothing particularly original in this 'how to get permissions' text.

About Me

British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.

Abbreviations used in this blog

"coiney" - a term I use for private collector of dug up ancient coins, particularly a member of the Moneta-L forum or the ACCG

"heap-of-artefacts-on-a-table-collecting" the term rather speaks for itself, an accumulation of loose artefacts with no attempt to link each item with documented origins. Most often used to refer to metal detectorists (ice-cream tubs-full) and ancient coin collectors (Roman coins sold in aggregated bulk lots)